Buzzfeed’s 24 Best Fiction Books Of 2016 list includes three Macmillan gems! WHAT BELONGS TO YOU by Garth Greenwell In WHAT BELONGS TO YOU, an American teacher in Bulgaria encounters a captivating hustler named Mitko in a public bathroom, setting into motion an ambiguously transactional relationship marked by both tenderness and brutality, connection and isolation. […]
Reviews and Publicity
Kirkus Best Books of 2016 – Nonfiction
Kirkus Reviews announced their Best of 2016 Nonfiction lists which include 11 Macmillan titles: Best Nonfiction of 2016 BULLIES: A FRIENDSHIP by Alex Abramovich THE ART OF WAITING: ON FERTILITY, MEDICINE, AND MOTHERHOOD by Belle Boggs CONSEQUENCE: A MEMOIR by Eric Fair IN THE DARKROOM by Susan Faludi (winner of the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Best […]
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2016
Library Journal‘s Best Books of 2016 list includes these eight Macmillan titles: Top Ten Books of 2016 IN THE DARKROOM by Susan Faludi African American Fiction DIAMONDS AND PEARL by K’wan Mystery APRICOT’S REVENGE by Song Ying Thrillers THE ONE MAN by Andrew Gross SAY NO MORE by Hank Phillippi Ryan SF/Fantasy EVERY HEART A […]
2017 Texas Tayshas List
We’re proud to have three Young Adult novels on the 2017 Texas Tayshas Reading List! IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo THE STAR-TOUCHED QUEEN by Roshani Chokshi THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS by Anna-Marie McLemore The Tayshas Reading List is a recommended reading list developed by public and school librarians from the Young Adult […]
Thriller Thursday (12/1/16 Edition)
It’s December! That chill in the air might have something to do with these two new mysteries: GLOW OF DEATH by Jane Cleland When amateur sleuth and antiques expert Josie Prescott appraises a real Tiffany lamp she is thrilled—until the owner is murdered in the eleventh mystery in this cozy series set in New Hampshire […]
NYT Notable Books of 2016
The New York Times announced their Notable Books of 2016, including these 17 Macmillan titles: Fiction & Poetry ALL THAT MAN IS by David Szalay Szalay writes with voluptuous authority about masculinity under duress in this novel in stories. BLACK WATER by Louise Doughty Expecting to be assassinated, the hero of this excellent novel grapples […]
Happy #BookBday (11/29/16 Edition)
Happy #BookBday to three great new reads: NORMAL by Warren Ellis A November 2016 LibraryReads pick & December 2016 Indie Next pick! In this provocative near-future techno-thriller, a foresight strategist (a.k.a.: people who think about geoengineering and smart cities and ways to evade Our Coming Doom) arrives at Normal Head in the wilds of Oregon […]
Nonfiction Stars
We’re easing you back into the post-Thanksgiving work-week with some starred nonfiction titles: THE CORRESPONDENCE: Essays by J. D. Daniels “The debut collection by an essayist who writes like a rattlesnake, his sentences coiled yet always ready to strike with venomous impact. These essays…have a cumulative power that can leave readers devastated. An uncommonly auspicious […]
LJ’s Jewish Book Month Picks
Library Journal recently featured a roundup of titles perfect for Jewish Book Month (November 24–December 24), including these five Macmillan titles: GAME OF QUEENS: A Novel of Vashti and Esther by India Edghill Reference librarian Edghill reimagines the life of Vashti, one of the most beautiful women in the Persian empire, who lost her crown […]
Happy #BookBday (11/22/16 Edition)
Happy almost-Turkey-Day #BookBday to: THANK YOU FOR BEING LATE: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman One of Publishers Weekly‘s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2016 with two starred reviews! “Inspired by the pleasure he took in the ‘free’ moments he was granted when people he planned to […]